Railway motor car



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IIIIIIIII Jan. 6,1925. 1,522,192

A. F. MSURY ET ALA r 1 RAILWAY MOTOR yCAR `lil'gw.

Filed July 1, 1921 3 Sheets-sheet Y2 lm/ENTo/es l y' )ma 1151.511'` Jan. 6, 1925.

` RAILWAY MOTOR CAR EileinlmL v192.1" l l A. F. MASURY ETAL Arron/vers f Patented y J an. 6, 1925.

UNITED fs'rxnss-j ALFRED F. MnsUnY, OFNEW YORK, AND FERDINANDZ'A. KEIIINOI BROOKLYN; i

YORK, AssIGNons'rO y coBOnA'rION OF DELAWARE.l

INTERNATIONAL Moron COMPANY, 'or 'NEW' izomjrg'N. Y.; n

RAILWAY MOTOR. can. f

Application filed July 1, 1921. Serial NO. 481,911. I

To all 'whom t may concer/n.: I Y' Be it known that we, ALFRED F. MAsURY and FERDINAND A. KEIHN, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, 1n the borough of Manhattan -and in the borough of Brooklyn ofthe city of New York, 1n the State 'of New' York., have jointly invented certain new and Vuseful YImprovements in Railway -Motor Cars, of which the following is a specification, referencey being had to the accompanying drawings, formmga part hereof. l The improved construction relates to rallway Amotor carsl and has for its general object to build from a gasoline motor vehicle chassis arailway car of practical and efficient design. f

accordance with the invention a motor truck is'mounted von flanged wheels adapted,`

to run .on ltracks of Apredeterminedy gage; The front end of the, chassis 1s swiveled on a four-wheeled leading truck. The drives wheels are positively connected to the pro-` peller shaft for greater tractive effort under all conditions. In order that the car may be propelled at high speeds 1n both` direc-` tions, suitable means, in the form of a high..

speed reverse transmission, are interposed between the motor and drive axle.`

One suitable embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying. drawings, wherein- Figure l is a View in side elevation of the improved car.

Figure 2 isa plan View thereof with parts broken away to show the final drive.

Figure 3 is a detail view in plan showing the high speed reverse transmission.

Figure 4 is a view in transverse section of such transmission.

Figure 5 is a view in longitudinal section taken on the plane indicated by the broken lines 5-f5 of Figure 4 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figures 6, 7 and 8 are detail views of the leading truck on which the front end of the chassis is swiveled.

This application is not concerned with the type of the body a nor the exhaust heating system b provided therefor. The chassis c of the motor vehicle may be of any approved type, At its rear end it is Vmounted by springs d on an axle e carrying flanged *wheelsaly to run on rails. ,At frontend'.y

the chassisy is .supported through sprin s-.f

which rest on springjseats f"V supporte on.

av bolster f2.; The bolster has a -platefs adjacent itsxmid-section which rests in a .y

swiveled connection von a. complementary plate g carried'on a leading truck,generally indicated atA g.H The bolster f2 is connected to the truck -g The leadingtruck g has twojaxles g, gf

onv the Opposite ends of ywhich Vare flanged wheels g5 to runl on tracks. The brakefshoes through aking pini-I. Co- :operatino` guideplates f4, g2 on the bolster.

ge may co-operate withthe respective wheels .f i

g5, voperating mechanism therefor being in# dicated generallyat g".- l Power-from the gasoline motor, which is .mounted as usual under the bonnet l2, is led through the usual change speed transmission lhave splined thereon a-,hub e3 to which is yit and through a propeller shaft tol the bolted a spur gear e4 driven througha stpur f pinion, indicated generally, at ha, an

pinion la, which 'bevel pinion is driven by a bevel pinion h5 on the propeller shaft/1.2.

bevelfpinion 71,4 rotatable withthe spur t This *givesl ay double reduction at the final ,y

drive. No differential is ing the rear wheels. y. v

Under some circumstances itl is desirable to run a car at high speedv in the reverse direction. To accomplish this the/jropeller shaft h2 has interposed thereinv4 between the vehicle transmission l1. and the final drive k3, a high speed reverse transmission shown in Figures 4 and 5. lIn this transmission direct drive is gotten through a spur gear la* with which may be engaged a slidable internal gear h5 splined on the other section of the propeller shaft h2. The direction of rotation of the rear section of the propeller shaft h2 may be reversed by sliding the gear .h5 into mesh with a gear i on a 'counter shaft z". Thev power is then led from the gear 71.4 through an idler he to a spur'gear i keyed to the counter shaft z", from whence power passes from the spur gear z' to the gear h5 and other section of the pro eller shaft h2. Operating mechanism for s iding provided for drivv'the gear h5 is indicated as a pull rod h' transmission, adapted for mounting :on a railway track, and having at its rear flanged car wheels, a positive non-differential drivin said wheels, and a reverse speed transmission elementy interposed' between saidl motor and said wheels and `cooperating with said first named transmission to elec't the same` change of speeds in reverse. as is afforded in forward.

3. A railway motor car` having at the front a leading truck havin car wheels to run on a track and inclu ing aasoline propelling motor, and having at its rear flanged car wheels, land a positive nondil'erential driving connection from` said motor to said last named wheels. 1

4. A Yrailway motor .car adapted for mounting on a railway track, including `a gasoline propelling motor and a rear axle and havinganged car wheels supported on vthe, axle, and a positive non-di'erential liveaxle drive within said iear'axle and oper atively connected to said wheels. f

5. In a railway motor car, a gasoline propelled motor, a change speed'tiansmission connected therewith, live axle sections having splined thereon a hub, a propeller shaft driven vfrom the transmission and iii driving engagement with said gear and a high speed reverse. transmission connected connection from said transmission Ato Y operatively to said propeller shaft between said transmission and said gear.

6. In a yrailway motor car, a. rear axle,

wheels .supported-thereon, .live axle sectionsl therein, a hub splined on the inner ends of the live axles, a gear bolted .to the hub and a driving pinion for said gear.

' 7. A motor rail car including a conventional mot-or truck chassis carrying a variablen speed internal combustion engine at its front end and driving means including a drive shaft and transmission, a conventional rear end equipped with flanged wheels, a reversing gear f included in .-the driving shaft, and a pivoted truck supporting the front ,of the chassis 4and provided `with flanged wheels.

8. A railwL y motor-car havin at its front a leading truck having car w eels to run on a" track and including a lgasoline' propelling motor, and having at its rear flanged car wheels, and brake mechanism co-operat ing with the wheels of said leading truck.

9. A motor rail car including a conventional motor truck chassis carrying a variable speed internal' combustion engine at its front end and driving means including a driving shaft and transmission, a conventional rearV end equipped- 4with ianged wheels, a reversing gear located between the engine and the `rear end, and `a pivoted truck supporting the front end of the chassis and provided with flanged wheels.

10. A yrailway 'motor car including a gasoline propelling motor and a propeller shaft adapted for mounting on a railway track and having `at its rear flanged car '-wheels, a live axle drive for said wheels 'including a ring gear, and a' double reduction pinion engaged with said ring gear and driven by said propeller shaft.

This speciiication signed this-29th day of June, A. D. 1921.

n FERDINAND -A. KEIHN. ALFRED F. Masoni?.V 

